Right. I watched some shorts on youtube and decided to write this.
All credit goes to
Jaden Williams whose shorts I stole to make this.
Here's a playlist of the the shorts I used:
Why, John?
I call this: "Oscar Ruins Jaune's Life"
Jaune Arc stepped into the home he and his friends were currently sharing in Mistral.
As he wandered past the bathroom he stopped. He could see Oscar kneeling in front of the toilet. At first Jaune thought the boy was sick, but he looked fine. He was just flushing the toilet.
Stepping into the doorframe, Jaune spoke up. "Hey, Oscar. What are you doing?"
"I'm sorry, Jaune." Oscar shook his head. "Your goldfish died. I forgot to feed him, and I had to flush him." The farm boy explained apologetically.
Jaune exhaled and shook his head. "I don't have a goldfish. I have a dog."
Oscar stares at the older boy.
Jaune's smile falls from his face. His eyes go to the toilet and he sees… a blue collar sitting on the seat.
Jaune looks at Oscar in disbelief, his expression begging for Oscar to say he's joking. But the younger boy simply lets a few tears from his eyes.
"Oscar, where's my dog?" Oscar closes his eyes and looks away, as the older boy he sees as a brother gets emotional. "Oscar, there's
no way…"
"I-I'm so sorry."
Jaune recoils, looking down the halls and exhaling sharply. He tries to keep himself together.
"I… I'm so
sorry…!" Oscar cries out.
"Jasper!?" Jaune calls out down the hall before he rounds on Oscar. "Where's my dog, Oscar!?"
"I don't know what I was thinking…!" Oscar admits, tears pouring out. "I thought he was a goldfish."
"
How, Oscar!? How does someone mix that up?"
"I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!"
Jaune lets his tears flow, his head resting against the doorframe. "
Where's my dog…?" He cries out quietly, hoping it's all a bad dream.
"I didn't- Oh Gods!" Oscar accidentally knocks the collar into the toilet, and he starts trying to grab it out.
"Oh, hey Oscar. What's up?" Jaune asks the younger boy. It's been… a tough few weeks since they lost Jasper. But the group was tough and could handle it.
Oscar looks back and waves to Jaune. "Hey. I let your turtle go for a swim out back in the salt water canal."
Jaune chuckles. "Oh, because he's not a sea turtle?" He asks, not seeing Oscar shoot him a look. "Wuh oh, better go get him!" Jaune plays along.
Jaune soon stops laughing when he sees the emotionless and empty expression Oscar had on.
"It's a joke, right? You're joking."
Oscar closes his eyes, accepting his fate.
"Because he's a freshwater turtle that can't swim in a salt water canal, right Oscar?" Jaune pushes, breaking Oscar's mask and seeing his start to cry. "That's the joke, right!?"
Oscar tries to hold back, but he sees the necklace that Jaune was wearing, with a little wooden turtle on it. "Oh, Gods."
"Oscar, where's my turtle?"
"I'm so sorry-"
"Oscar, he lived in a water tank that was crystal-clear, how could you-"
Oscar sobbed loudly. "I though he wanted to go for a swim."
"What does that even mean?" Jaune growled. "He's a turtle, he swims, he lives in a water tank."
Oscar wiped away his tears. "Then why'd he want out of the water, huh?"
Jaune glanced out the window and gestured towards it. "The canal!?" Oscar refused to look Jaune in the eyes. "Oscar, please don't tell me you forced him into the water."
Slowly Oscar raised his arm, his hand holding nothing, and he dropped his hand.
Jaune's eyes went wide and he almost stumbled backwards. "...Oscar?" Oscar finally looked at the Arc again. "What was that?"
"Oh Gods forgive me, please." He wailed.
"Oscar, you did
not throw him further after he
fought for his life, right!?" Jaune's voice promised pain.
"I'm so sorry-"
"Hey, Oscar. What are you up to?" Jaune Arc asks as he finds Oscar vacuuming.
After the incidents with the dog and the turtle… It's been hard on the Arc. But luckily for him, his friends got together and got Jaune another pet. At this point, after losing Pyrrha, getting Weiss stabbed and almost losing her, and all around being useless compared to his friends… Jaune Arc
really needed a pet to keep him sane.
Oscar reaches up and turns off the vacuum. "Oh. I'm just vacuuming out the hamster's cage after you took him out."
Jaune smiles, glad that Oscar has found something to distract himself. "I didn't take him out." Someone else must have done it.
Oscar turns to the Arc, fear in his eyes. "What?"
The Arc shrugged, a good natured grin ln his face. "I was actually coming here to say 'good morning' to him. Where'd you put him?" The blonde teen looks around the room for some smaller cage or something that could hold a hamster.
Then his gaze met Oscar's, and his good mood fell away instantly. Oscar grits his teeth and furrows his brow, trying to not cry. Jaune sighed. "Oscar, where's my hamster?"
"I'm so sorry."
Jaune stomped into the room. "There's
no way, Oscar." He angrily stabbed a finger at the younger boy.
"Oh Gods, what have I done?" The Pine looks down at the hamster pen in front of him.
"OSCAR!"
Oscar startles and cries. "I thought you took him out. I did, I swear."
Jaune's hands are trembling and he wipes away sweat, his eyes becoming bloodshot. "How could you have not seen him in the cage!?"
Oscar glances down at the pen. "You know what, honestly, I didn't check." Oscar Pine admits freely, nodding his head. He realized he fucked up. Jaune sobbed. "And to level with you, I should've. I'm sorry."
"Oh Gods!" Jaune cries out in emotional pain.
"Please forgive me!" Oscar reaches out and turns the vacuum back on. "Here, I'll keep cleaning!"
"No, stop!"
Jaune saw Oacar sat on the couch reading from his Scroll. "Hey man, what are you up to?"
Oscar glanced up at him then pointed to an empty birdcage. "Oh yeah, I saw your bird looking kind of lonely so I let him out of his cage so he could play with the cat."
Jaune's smile became wooden. "What."
Oscar nodded. "Yeah, your cat was wanting to play with him, so I let him play."
Jaune put a hand up and swallowed a lump in his throat. "Oscar, what did the cat do that made you think he wanted to play with the bird?"
Oscar scoffed. "He was scratching at the cage and I-" Oscar's smile fell away as he came to a horrible realization.
Jaune shut his eyes, hoping that he'll open them and everything will be fine.
"Oh Gods, I'm so sorry." Oscar apologized as he teared up.
"Oscar, why would a bird want to play with a cat or vice-versa!?"
Oscar shook his head and shrugged as he cried. "I don't know, I just thought-"
"Have you ever watched TV? They- They teach you this- like, when you're- when you're a
child!"
Oscar dropped his head into his hands. "Oh Gods, I'm so sorry. Gods, please forgive me."
Jaune gestured roughly in the direction of the empty cage. "
Where's my bird, Oscar!?"
Oscar Pine looked down at the floor and wailed louder. "Oh, Gods!"
Jaune followed the boy's gaze and saw a pile of bloodied feathers on the floor. He rounded on Oscar fast enough that anyone without aura would have whiplash. "You need to stay away from my animals, Oscar."
Oscar agreed. "And you know what, I think I forgot the feed the cat as well so it probably led to like… I'm so sorry."
"Oscar, you're psychotic! It's like you do it on purpose." Jaune accused the young boy.
"I'm so sorry!"
Oscar watched the man who'd become like a father/brother figure to him over these months walk into the kitchen. They'd since left Mistral and have stopped in Argus to figure out how to get into Atlas. While here, Jaune's sister Saphron and her wife Terra, have let them stay on her house.
"Hey Oscar. What've you been up to?" Jaune asked the boy, a wide smile on his face. It's been a while since Oscar's seen that.
But after Saphron heard about Jaune's suffering she went out and got him a dog. And the Arc scion has been completely smitten with the dog. Oscar and everyone else have hardly seen him without the dog since he got him.
Oscar grinned. "You're going to love what I did to make your dog take his medicine."
Arc chuckled. "What's that?"
"Okay, so I grabbed one of these brownies, right?" Oscar explained as he picked up one of the treats that Saphron and Terra had made the night before. "And I put the medicine, the tablet, inside the chocolate, and I-"
"Those are chocolate, aren't they?" Jaune pointed to the sweets that Jaune hasn't tried yet.
Oscar took a bite of his brownie. "Yeah and so I put the chocolate next to his dog dish-"
Jaune interrupted Oscar with a wide smile. "You totally get that you're not supposed to feed chocolate to dogs, right?"
Oscar tilted his head, an unspoken question in his expression.
Jaune's breath caught in his throat. "B-Because feeding chocolate to a dog would be the most idiotic, abusive thing you can do to one."
Oscar felt sweat fall down his face. "Chocolate is poisonous to dogs?"
Jaune's face started to go red, and his veins visibly bulged. But still he attempted, and partly failed, to remain calm. "Yeah and I know you understand that because only a moron would not get that. Right, Oscar?"
Oscar's brows furrowed and he sobbed.
"Oscar."
"I'm so sorry."
"Oscar, where's the brownie- Where's my dog?" Jaune gripped the kitchen countertop hard enough to pulverize it.
"I didn't know any better!" Oscar said, telling the truth. Ozpin wouldn't tell him, no matter how many times he asked.
"Oscar, children know not to feed chocolate to dogs!"
"Oh Gods, I'm so sorry!" Oscar lifted his brownie to take a bite and comfort eat.
Jaune lost his temper and slapped the 14 year old boy and knocked him to the floor. "I don't want an apology! I WANT MY DOG!"
Oscar pulled himself onto his knees. "I thought he would like it! Please forgive me!"
Jaune reached over to one of the windowsills and picked up two photos. He angrily held them out to Oscar. The two photos were of his old dog, the one Oscar flushed down the toilet, and now the one Oscar poisoned. "This is the second dog you've killed, Oscar!"
"Oh Gods!"
"You look at them!" Jaune roared loud enough to wake the neighbourhood, tears falling from his eyes and spittle flying from his mouth.
"I am!" Oscar wailed back. "I'm sorry! I just wanted to make you proud!"
After stealing an airship they had managed to get to Atlas and warn General Ironwood about the coming threat. Ruby had attempted to lie and obscure the fact that Salem was immortal, but… But after all the shit Jaune's been through, he
really didn't think lying was right. It would be hypocritical.
So he revealed the truth. General Ironwood took it to heart and started formulating a plan to deal with Salem
without trying to kill her. It should be possible to incapacitate her. Use the Relic of Creation to send her somewhere else? Somewhere far from Remnant?
Still, that was General Ironwood and Dr Polendina's job to figure out.
Jaune Arc watched his friend Oscar Pines walk into the dormroom that James Ironwood was kind enough to let team JNPR stay in. Across the hall from the one team RWBY was staying in, of course.
For some reason Oscar had on a beanie, a mask and sunglasses. Oscar was used to a more temperate environment, so it made sense he wanted to be warm. He also had a large and heavy bag slung over his shoulder. "Oscar, welcome home. Where have you been?" Jaune questioned.
"Oh, I went to the bank to get the lien I owed you for getting me that new gun." Oscar shrugged. He pulled down the mask and took off his sunglasses.
"I thought you said you didn't have the lien?" Jaune quirked an eyebrow.
"Well, I don't." Oscar admitted before lifting up the bag. "But I politely asked them to put some money in the bag." Jaune glanced down at the bag. "They were more than willing to. Very reasonable people." Oscar smiled, innocence in his eyes.
Jaune lifted his hand and pointed at the bag. "You asked a bank clerk to put lien that isn't yours into that bag while wearing a beanie, a mask and sunglasses?"
Oscar glanced up at the ceiling before nodding, a happy grin on his face. "Yes."
"
Completely… Hiding your identity…" Jaune pointed out, sweat pouring down his face.
"Yes, well when you put it like-" Oscar dropped the bag and gasped. His hands clutched his head and his expression twisted into one of
horror.
Jaune closed his eyes and sighed.
Oscar stared at the ground. "Oh man."
"Oscar…"
"Oh Gods, what have I done?" Oscar burst into tears.
"There's no-" Jaune very quickly stopped that sentence. "This is just a prank, this is just a prank, right Oscar?"
Oscar stared at the Arc male in silence.
"RIGHT!?" Jaune shouted. "Oscar, are- are there any
details you left out?"
Jaune looked over Oscar for
something,
anything… and saw his own Scroll sticking out of a pocket on Oscar's jacket. Oscar scrambled to push it further in and hide it, but it was too late. "Oscar, you did
not use
my Scroll-" Red and blue lights started shining through the window, followed closely by police sirens. "Oh my Gods… Oh my Gods!"
"Oh my-" Oscar shuddered in fear. "I really messed up this time, didn't I?"
"Oscar, you need to- I- I can't take the fall for this." Jaune shook his head, gesticulating wildly. "How much lien did you take?"
Oscar sobbed. "I never told them to stop…"
Jaune barked out a laugh, his mouth twitching into an open-mouthed smile as the sheer absurdity of the situation sunk in. "I'm living with a psychopath!"
"Oh Gods, please help me!"
The Arc heir refused. "I can't help you out of this one when
YOU ROBBED A BANK!!!"
"I didn't mean to, I'm sorry!"
After the whole
bank robbery got calmed down after Jaune and Oscar had a long, long chat with General Ironwood…
Things got better. A lot better. It's been a couple months with no incidents. Jaune was starting to relax, and to help him, the rebuilt Penny Polendina had gotten Jaune a tank of fish. She got them for him to care for, to help him relax and take his mind off all the horrible shit they'd been through.
Jaune opened the door to the apartment he and the rest of team JNPR (now officially including Oscar Pines) had gotten, seeing as they were official Huntsmen and Huntresses now. Jaune yawned loudly, having done plenty of work around Mantle that day. Having to fight off a dozen thirsty MILFs was more daunting than any Grimm fight he'd been in.
Jaune sniffed the air. "Is someone cooking?" He wandered over to the kitchen to see his buddy Oscar with a pan on the stove. "Hey, Oscar." He greeted him before glancing at what was in the pan. "Oh, are you cooking fish sticks?" Jaune opened the fridge to get himself something.
"Hey." Oscar returned his greeting. "I wanted to make a nice home cooked meal for us." Jaune nodded, having given Oscar some cooking lessons a couple weeks before.
Jaune looked down into the fridge and furrowed his brow.
"It wasn't easy prepping these. I'm glad you recommended them, though." Oscar chatted as Jaune stared into the fridge. "It just doesn't seem like you to…"
Oscar trailed off as Jaune picked up a box and stared at it in confusion. It was an unopened box of fish sticks. "The fish sticks aren't even open…" Jaune turned to his pal for answers.
Oscar glanced back at the pan. "Fish sticks?"
"What- What did you use? What's in there?" Jaune noted that Oscar looked shocked and afraid. His pal opened his mouth to say something, but nothing came out.
Jaune's heart thumped loudly in his chest as adrenaline began getting pumped through his system. "Oscar?"
"I thought you meant…" Oscar turned away from the stove and looked into the living room.
Jaune shook his head, hoping to the Brother Gods and all other Gods that might exist that Oscar didn't… But in the living room, all Arc could see was an
empty fish tank.
He started hyperventilating. The fish that Penny… That his new
girlfriend had bought him…!?
"I didn't know." Oscar pleaded. "I didn't know!" Jaune ignored him and wandered over to the empty tank. "Oh Gods…" Arc stared into the motionless water, his head too full of thoughts to actually think anything. "I didn't- I didn't know! I swear, I didn't know!"
Jaune worked his jaw, grinding his teeth as he glanced around the room. Still, Oscar begged: "I- We- We can recover from this. We can recover from this."
Jaune turned to glare at Oscar. "Oscar, where are my fish? Where are the fish Penny gave me?"
"I can- I can buy you new ones. I didn't know-"
"Didn't know
what, OSCAR!? That you don't cook your partner's pet FISH!?" Jaune Arc screamed, causing a car alarm to go off across the street.
Oscar nodded, tears pouring onto the floor. "In retrospect, I should have thought about that." The young boy admitted. "I thought you said to-"
"Why on Remnant would I recommend cooking the fish that I TAKE CARE OF!?" Yet another car alarm was set off as June screamed and roared.
"Oh Gods, please forgive me…" Oscar begged as he lifted up the succulent meat he had cooked and took a bite.
"ARE YOU EATING THEM!?"
"I'M SORRY, I'M NERVOUS-"